Improvement ism whip-sockets



H. A. MATTHEWS.

Whip-Sockets. N0.156,740. I Patent'ed N0v.10,1874.

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TPE GFAFH C CO PHOTO LIT ACE NY NITED STATES PA'rnN'r Grrrcn HENRY A. MATTHEWS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT lN WHIP-SOCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,740, dated November 10, 1874; application filed September 26, 1874.

. To all whom it may concern same time forms a strong, firm, and steadyfastening, the said hook being so formed that each part of the spring forms one side of the hook, which thus has double the range of movement for the same strain 011 the metal that the single hook has.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a whip-socket attached to the dash-rail by my improved fastening, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2/ y sa Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the socket; B, the double-spring fastener, and C is the dash-rail. These fasteners consist of two little fiat plates, a I), placed one upon another, and s0 bent that (1 forms the outside spring d of the hook, and b the inside spring 6, the said springs being shaped to correspond with the shape of the dash-rail.

By this plan the movement of opening and closing in connecting and disconnecting the socket with the rail is divided between the two springs, so that they can be stiffer than one spring could be, and they hold better and stronger. But I do not limit myself to this particular double spring-hook, although I prefer it.

These fasteners are fastened directly to the socket by riveting them on in a simple manner, without cutting the leather, as with others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the whip-socket A and dasher-rail C, of the spring-iasteners B, made hook-shaped, to adapt them to embrace the rail, and allow ready detachment, as shown and described.

2. The double spring-hook fasteners A, combined with the whip-socket, substantially as specified.

HENRY A. MATTHEW'S.

Witnesses T. B. M OSHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

